The Kwara State House of Assembly has commenced the review of this year’s budget. The appraisal of the budget is being coordinated by the joint committee of the House on Public Account as well as Finance and Appropriation. The oversight exercise which kick started with the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, State...

By Rowland Olonishuwa The beauty and uniqueness of Yoruba culture and language was on display on Sunday, August 07, 2016, at Maryam Events Place, Ganmo road, Ilorin when executive and members of Egbe Agbohunsafefe Lede Yoruba (Yoruba Broadcasters’ Association, (YBA) hosted friends and well wishers to the formal launching of the association in the state...

By Adeleke Gbenga In ILorin Metropolis, the Kwara State Capital, it does not take a rocket science or a special gift of clairvoyant to know that people are hungry. It would indeed be an understatement to say without equivocation that starvation is not only the next neighbour of virtually every resident of the state capital...

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called on people of all shades and opinion to join hands with his government in entrenching enduring development across the state for the benefit of all. The governor who made the call in Ilorin at a stakeholdersâ€™ forum held at the State Banquet Hall opposite Government House, reinstated...

From Ahmed â€˜Lateef, Abeokuta Director General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture, Mr Muda Yusuf, yesterday dismissed the economic policy of the Federal Government as a model that was not masses friendly. He said rather than lessen the pain of Nigerians, the policy has continued to worsen the predicament of the people. Yusuf...

By Ahmed â€˜Lateef The University of Ilorin yesterday warned admission seekers into the institution against falling prey of racketeers ahead of the 2016/2017 Unified Matriculation Tertiary Examination (UTME) admission screening. The institution said it was not responsible for the admission information procedure purportedly emanating from the University, clarifying that it was the handiwork of scammers....

By Ahmed Ajiboye Head s may roll as the Kwara State Government promised to fully implement the report of the administrative panel on illegal mass recruitment into the State Teaching Service Commission. Alhaji Daibu who presented the report to the governor at the Government House, yesterday told the governor that the rot in the commission...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has said the present predicament in the country was neither the All Progressives Congress(APC) nor any political party’s problem but a national problem. The governor who dropped the hint while giving audience to the leadership of Nigeria Youth Parliament led by its speaker, Hon Ayodele Obe called...

From Kayode Lawal, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police to stop the conventions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) slated for Port Harcourt, Rivers State where National Officers to run the affairs of the party are expected to be elected today. The court also barred the People’s...

By Janet Bogunjoko The Kwara State government yesterday inaugurated the visitation panels to the Kwara State College of Education (COED), Oro and the state College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) Ilorin. Addressing members of the panels yesterday in his office, the Secretary to the state Government, Alhaji Isiaka Sola Gold, tasked them to...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday in Ilorin cautioned government at all levels including stakeholders against paying lip service to economic diversification but drive seriously agrarian revolution in the country. He expressed concern over the present situation in theÂ country, stressing the need for partnership between governments and tertiary institutions of learning in exploring...

From Ahmed ‘Lateef, Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State yesterday in Abeokuta asked the media to preach the gospel of unity in diversity, unity of purpose and cohesion in what they feed the public. They also warned against divisive tendencies that could plunge the country into needless and unmitigated...

By Zarumi Mashood The death has occurred of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji MahmmudÂ Durosinlohun Atiku. He died in early hours of yesterday at the University of Teaching Hospital after a brief illness at the age 76. The deceased has been buried according to Islamic rites. He was survived by four wives, children, grand...

The Kwara State Government has charged the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITJ) to give priority attention to the State in its various development programmes to improve the welfare of the people and facilitate socio-economic activities in the state. The Kwara State Governor, Alh. Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed stated this during the flag-off of...

By Tayo Ayanda The Kwara State Government has commenced the sensitization of people to take precautionary measures against flood in this yearâ€™s rainy season. Persistent warnings of heavy rains and enlistment among the states likely to feel the impact of this yearâ€™s flood by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NMA), have led to efforts by the...

By Ahmed Ajiboye Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has identified agriculture as a huge alternative to the crude oil now at its lowest ebb. The governor emphasised that it had become necessary to diversify the countryâ€™s economy at the moment given the current economic reality, asserting that agriculture was the best option. Governor Ahmed...

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ali Ahmad has said that there is legitimate padding of budget. He explained that â€œwhen a budget is presented for instance by the President to the National Assembly, it is the duty of the legislature to look into the budget proposal, make necessary additions or...

Senate President Bukola Saraki has called on Team Nigeria at the ongoing Rio Olympics football games to strive to get the gold medal because only the best is good for their determination, resilience and display of soccer skills. In a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu, his special adviser on media and publicity, in Abuja, Saraki specifically...

From Gold Rahman, Lokoja Former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly and Acting Governor, Asiwaju Clarence Olatunde Olafemi has called on the Federal Government to scrap the National Human Rights Commission to prevent the body from causing more damage to the already battered image of Nigerian politicians . He accused the body of...